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- From: mjvande@pbhye.PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
- Subject: Re: Save the Planet and the Economy at the Same time!
- Reply-To: mjvande@PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:59:15 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.035915.13751@pbhye.PacBell.COM>
- References: <1992Dec29.190706.17698@bellahs.com> <donb.725749564@crash.cts.com> <01JAN93.01077145.0061@VM1.MCGILL.CA> <1993Jan2.194139.16483@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>
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- >The problem with your proposal that we solve the population problem
- >by providing education, reducing poverty, and raising living
- >standards is that is nearly impossible on a global scale.
- >
- >The U.S. cannot even curb these problems within its own borders,
- >and the global economy depends upon the exploitation of poorer
- >countries. Automated factories flood the world with consumer
- >
- >o Provide educational assistance to poor children in places like
- > Brazil and India in exchange for sterilization.
- >
- >o Make voluntary sterilization a condition of receiving food aid
- > in places like Ethiopia and Somalia.
- >
- >o Even in the U.S., deny AFDC increases based on additional
- > children, and limit deductions to two dependents.
- >
- >Please propose a solution to the education, poverty, crime, and
- >unemployment in the U.S. before you attempt to solve these problems
- >globally.
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- What about simply eliminating income tax incentives for having children?
- Why should we subsidize people having children? Don't we have too many
- already?
-